No Audiophiles in Hollywood


A thought just came to me that a lot of movies show us the lives of fictional people doing the everyday things that real people do. However, we never see anyone sitting down and listening to a high end system.

The only thing that I can remember is when the billionaire played by Robert Redford put on an LP on what appeared to be a high end turntable in the movie "Indecent Proposal".

I have never seen exposed tubes on-screen, or an amp of any type for that matter. Big speakers, fuggedaboudit...it seems hifi does not fit the decor scheme of movie sets, or more realistically, audiophiles are rarer on earth than Klingons and Romulans and hollywood does not know of their existence.

It would seem that some of the well heeled actors, directors and producers would own a killer 2 channel system and periodically include one in a scene when the character has discretionary income.

We've all seen scenes with the wife complaining about the husband always watching sports, but never complaining about him pampering his hi-fi rig.

We've all seen characters with automobiles and other toys that we've envied, but never a stereo system to make you salivate.

Anyone ever see a hi-fi system onscreen worth mentioning?

Just a thought.
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Are these in Ari's office or something?
I just watched the first 4 episodes of "Entourage", and the Lumenwhite speakers are in the boys' house, one on each side of rounded bar.
The new "Stepford Wives" movie has some scenes of a wealthy men's club, which is equipped with lots of dark wood paneling and leather furniture...and a couple of nice McIntosh monoblock amplfiers tucked into the bar area.
I was thinking of an halo/xbox scene in "Entourage".

So why doesn't House have an amp for his Opera Piega's and Sota Cosmos on the show? I think we should put together a campaign: "Find Gregory House a decent amp." We should start a petition to get him an Airtight integrated or something...
In Hong Kong, they are more into high end audio. The movie "Infernal Affairs" even features an interconnects shootout...